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Governor Deval Patrick (left) and Senator Scott Brown attended the annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast at the Massachusetts Convention Center. Now Brown's handlers have begun employing a strategy to shield him from the media, whisking him out side doors following public appearances and away from reporters. It's a tactic with a poor record of success in politics and one that seems particularly ill-suited for someone who ran as a regular guy looking to occupy "the people's seat."